Services
for Ronald Steve Stevens, age 54, of Marietta, Oklahoma, were held at 3:00
p.m. on Saturday, August 24, 2002, at the First Baptist Church in Marietta
with the Rev. Tommy Higle officiating. Interment was held in Lakeview
Cemetery.

Mr.
Stevens was born April 7, 1948, in Gainesville, Texas, to W.T. and Alma
Faye Westmoreland Stevens.He
died Aug. 21, 2002, in a Sherman, Texas, hospital.

He
was preceded in death by his father, W.T. Stevens, on June 30, 1991, and
his mother, Alma Faye Stevens, on Oct. 23, 1998.

A
1996 graduate of Marietta High School, he attended the University of
Oklahoma in Norman for five years, where he received a pharmacy degree.
After working as a pharmacist for several years, he attended Texas Tech
University in Lubbock, where he received an M.D. degree.

He
worked as a pharmacist in several towns in Texas and was a member of Phi
Delta Chi fraternity for pharmacists. He was a resident of Denton, Texas,
before returning to Marietta in 1998 to make his home.

A
member of Marietta’s First Baptist Church, he was an avid reader and
enjoyed yard work, which included caring for a variety of flowers.

Survivors
include a sister, Katheryn Stevens Faulkenberry, of Norman; an uncle, Coy
Stevens of Clarendon; an aunt, Viola Pratt of Marietta; a niece, Suzanne
Faulkenberry, of Stillwater; and two nephews, Steven Faulkenberry and
Michael Faulkenberry, both of Norman.